Warner Home Video reveals details on the DVD and Blu-ray releases

Further Details:
Warner Home Video has announced DVD ($28.98) and Blu-ray/DVD Combo ($35.99) releases of The Dark Knight Rises for December 4th. The only extra material on the DVD release will be a "Journey of Bruce Wayne" behind the scenes featurette. The Blu-ray/DVD Combo release will also include a Batmobile documentary, a multi-part Ending the Night feature ("The Prologue: High Altitude Hijacking", "Beneath Gotham", "Return to the Batcave", "Batman vs Bane", "The Bat", "Armory Accepted", "Gameday Destruction", "Demolishing a City Street", "The Pit", "The Chant", "The War on Wall Street", "Race to the Reactor", "The Journey of Bruce Wayne", "Gotham's Reckoning", "A Girl's Gotta Eat", "Shadows & Light in Large Format", "The End of A Legend"), trailers, an art gallery, and an UltraViolet digital copy of the film. Also available from December 4th will be DVD ($38.99) and Blu-ray ($52.99) Limited Edition releases of The Dark Knight Trilogy, although an Ultimate Collector's Edition is promised in 2013.

Synopsis

Quote: It has been eight years since Batman vanished into the night, turning, in that instant, from hero to fugitive. Assuming the blame for the death of D.A. Harvey Dent, the Dark Knight sacrificed everything for what he and Commissioner Gordon both hoped was the greater good. For a time the lie worked, as criminal activity in Gotham City was crushed under the weight of the anti-crime Dent Act. But everything will change with the arrival of a cunning cat burglar with a mysterious agenda. Far more dangerous, however, is the emergence of Bane, a masked terrorist whose ruthless plans for Gotham drive Bruce out of his self-imposed exile. But even if he dons the cape and cowl again, Batman may be no match for Bane.

29th September 2012 12:08#3

What took you guys so long with this?? IGN and EW have had articles about this since Thursday night. And how come you guys don't have any pics of the Limited Edition Set with the "Broken Mask"??

Oh, and for the record, I'm buying 2 copies of this on Dec. 4th. Gonna get the regular Blu-ray release and the Limited Edition "Broken Mask" Set. Then I'm gonna get the Ultimate Collector's Edition Trilogy Set, whenever that comes out next year. Chris Nolan will be richer than George Lucas by the time I'm done, lol...

29th September 2012 12:33#6

Why announce an "Ultimate Collector's Edition" release before the release date of the standard Combo Pack? That's stupid. I'll personally buy both the Combo Pack and the Collector's Edition as I find this to be one of the best films ever made. Almost saw this a third time the other day. Masterpiece.

29th September 2012 13:01#7

Still waiting on "Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days," but anyway, definitely getting this Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack bad boy when it comes out. This was by far one of the best films of 2012 tied with "The Avengers." (I can't put this in a competition because they were both excellent movies) I still hope the Blu-ray has the IMAX scenes though.

My wallet is definitely going to hurt big time with this one and "Finding Nemo" on blu-ray.

29th September 2012 20:01#10

Cinque wrote: What took you guys so long with this?? IGN and EW have had articles about this since Thursday night. Warner Home Video just sent out their press materials late Friday afternoon. Sorry DVDActive isn't a privileged conglomerate like IGN or Entertainment Weekly, which are owned by NEWS CORP. and TIME WARNER respectively. Cinque wrote: ...And how come you guys haven't reviewed The Avengers yet?? Boy, DVDActive has really been slipping lately... Same answer as above...MARVEL only allowed certain news organizations and sites advanced copies for review.

29th September 2012 20:36#11

I'm never watching this film in full ever again. That ending pissed me off more than you can know, and so much fell flat and uninspired to me. It was a MAJOR disappointment of a movie, and that comes from a lifelong serious Batman fan.

30th September 2012 0:37#14

As someone who loved the previous movies, I was really excited when I saw the trailer. That being said, the movie turned out to be a disappointment for me. I mean, the acting was good and had some great scenes but overall it was a bit of a mess. It was too long and some scenes had no purpose to the story as a whole. Much like Prometheus it had so many plot holes and some of the twists were a bit predictable. Overall, it had some ideas and it did manage to give a fitting end to the franchise (just not a perfect one).

30th September 2012 0:56#15

I thought it was a good finale to the current Batman series -- good but not great. For me, it dragged a bit in the middle but personally, I loved the ending. I can see where some people would be put off by it, and prefer something closer to TDK's. But I liked how Nolan was able to have his cake and eat it too.

I'm personally disappointed that Nolan opted not to do a commentary, like he's done for the past four films he's directed. I understand perfectly that Nolan doesn't want to totally throw back the curtain (like how exactly did they achieve such and such), but surely there had to have been a lot of story anecdotes and such that he could've talked about.

30th September 2012 1:32#16

Matt wrote: Cinque wrote: What took you guys so long with this?? IGN and EW have had articles about this since Thursday night. Warner Home Video just sent out their press materials late Friday afternoon. Sorry DVDActive isn't a privileged conglomerate like IGN or Entertainment Weekly, which are owned by NEWS CORP. and TIME WARNER respectively.

30th September 2012 4:57#18

David Blackwell wrote: not a fan of the DVD art. The trilogy box art is meh

both do seem incredibly lazy. I would love to see a much nicer trilogy set with all 3 movies with consistent artwork. Some of the first posters of Batman Begins have the lettering over the logo similar to how it is on dark knight/dark knight rises posters. I guess I may be nit picking about that but I like consistency especially with how well done this series was done.

30th September 2012 5:58#19

Even though I totally understand this film has massive flaws (some of the worst dialogue of the series, logic problems, editing problems, telegraphed ending) I still found it to be a thoroughly enjoyable film. Bane was utterly hypnotic every time he was on screen. Once the first creaky act came to a conclusion, the film finally picked up and was relentless. I loved the movie, even though I know it's not perfect (by a long stretch).

30th September 2012 9:22#20

Favorite film of the year so far. Thought it was a really good ending to the trilogy. It had its flaws, but it was better than pretty much anything else to come out this summer. Hope Best Buy has an exclusive steelbook like they did with the first two films.

30th September 2012 14:16#21

This movie upholds the tradition of horrendous comic book 'threequels'. It seems that even a talented filmmaker like Nolan is not immune to the curse that has long plagued Hollywood. This movie had it all in spades. Horrible fight choreography, atrocious editing, and massive gaps in logic. I would still like to see the deleted scenes however, because I just know that Leonardo Dicaprio and Lucas Haas had to have small parts somewhere in the movie. I mean, everyone else from "Inception" was up on that screen.

30th September 2012 17:41#23

I like Nolan's work - mostly Insomnia - but thought this one was an inferior remake of the second movie. Plus, just like on Inception, he went overboard with the 007 imagery...Mike and Barb, hire the guy ASAP...

30th September 2012 19:07#25

pitdeadite wrote: This movie upholds the tradition of horrendous comic book 'threequels'. It seems that even a talented filmmaker like Nolan is not immune to the curse that has long plagued Hollywood. This movie had it all in spades. Horrible fight choreography, atrocious editing, and massive gaps in logic.

Seems like you had astronomical expectations for this movie, and it didn't please you. Did you not even see Joel Schumacher's Batman movies and Pitof's c**ptacular "Catwoman"? Nowhere is it as bad as those movies. So bring your expectations down to earth next time, bud.

And just to let you know the behind the scenes here, I tried very, very hard to get a review copy. I didn't 'slip' at all. When we weren't selected to get an advanced copy and no reason was given (I've made big efforts to remain on good terms with the companies that send out both Disney and Paramount releases over the years, I was told it was specifically Marvel's choice) I was frustrated and decided not to review the copy I'd purchased for myself.

I also want to note that review copies have been arriving at my home later recently, which isn't helping me get this stuff out in a timely manner. I don't think this is anyone's fault, I think it's just the way things are. Some sites have the advantage of being supported by retailers so they get their stuff a bit quicker. We don't.

The best thing you can do to help us in terms of the review copies we get is help us get our counts up. I'll keep doing my best to talk the PR companies into sending us stuff.

1st October 2012 5:59#28

On what planet was this "Brilliant and Masterful Filmmaking"??? It didn't even make sense!!! I was watching this and was thinking, WTH Nolan made this movie, its so stupid! The first two were so good, and Nolan is such an amazing filmmaker but he just blew it with this movie.

1st October 2012 9:20#29

I Loved this movie and bane was finally a physically imposing villain. I'll admit he wasnt as memorable as the joker but for the first time I felt scared for batman. That fight scene was epic and its rare that you see a superhero film this unpredictable and actually sad. I won't lie and say I didn't get a few tears near the end of this film. An excellent ending to Nolan's batman films. As for the bluray releases and 2nd releases down the road? That won't stop me from getting this release. I mean unless he puts deleted scenes on the second release I am fine with what will be offered and also FYE lets you trade in movies. These are all strong reasons not to hold off for a future release, that's if its even coming at all.

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